Month: September 2017
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Great Grandma Sonja
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The Three Sisters
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Grandma Helen, maternal matriarch of memory
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Self portrait as modern matriarch
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Grandmas long loved and remembered
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Grandma and Grandpa Stein
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Self Portrait as My Grandmother
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When Dad Was Young
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Windham Local
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Artist Statement, 2017
I exploit the (assumed) delicacy and domesticity of beading, embroidery and crochet to emphasize resilience, flexibility and adaptability. Textiles signify/serve as body and voice, filling in for bodies and voices absent from historical accounts; quietened/silenced in our daily lives; held aloft yet silent as secrets in families. Gaps in narratives beg to surface…
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Portrait of my Father, page 1
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Portrait of My Father, page 2
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Portrait of My Father, page 3
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Portrait of My Father, page 4
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Portrait of My Father, page 5
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